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5 Favorite Films -- This list changes frequently, but these are a few that always come to mind when I think of my favorite movies


1) The Philadelphia Story

2) The Last Supper

3) A Gentleman's Agreement

4) Raiders of the Lost Ark

5) Kill Bill vols 1&2

5 Best films I’ve seen relatively recently (I don't get out much) -- We shall see how well they stand the test of time


1) The Interrupters

2) One Minute to Nine 

3) Deep Water

4) Big Boys Gone Bananas

5) The Descendants

5 Favorite “non-work” books


1) Assassination Vacation – Sarah Vowell

2) Holidays on Ice – David Sedaris

3) Homeward Bound – Elaine May

4) Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

5) The Plays of Shakespeare – William Shakespeare

5 Favorite “work” books


1) Lessons of the Space Program - Phillip Tompkins

2) Contested Terrain: The transformation of the workplace in the 20th Century - Richard Edwards

3) Just a Temp - Kevin Henson

4) Crossing the Great Divide - Vicki Smith

5) The Discipline of Teamwork: Participation and Concertive Control - James Barker

5 pieces of advice/quotes that I love

1) Don’t allow the immediate to crowd out the important – Michele Jackson

2) Procrastination and Overdoing are two ends of the same chain.  Both are ways to avoid living your life – Ursula C. LeGuinn

3) Don’t reward bad behavior – Sarah Tracy

4) People who think they are misunderstood just don't want to accept who they really are - Assassination of a High School President (movie)

5) Whenever someone says, 'I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart' all   I hear is, 'I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart' - Domonique Foxworth

5 Pet Peeves -- These are (by definition) stupid, petty little things that annoy me.  Obviously there are more horrible things in the world to be upset about.


1) Talking during a film shown in the movie theater.  This is a cardinal sin.  However, it's okay to talk when you're watching at home b/c you can rewind and aren't bothering others.

2) People who say "revert back" b/c it's redundant.  If you "revert" to something,you go "back". Like I said...this is a fairly petty list.

3) Cars with "baby on board" signs.  I don't know what am I supposed to do with this information.  I WAS going to hit you, but now I won't???

4) People who tape/glue a bow on the bald head of their baby to show the world it's a girl.  I just think it's creepy to tape things to a baby.

5) People who throw cigarettes out of their cars or on the ground.  It's littering, it's gross, and it's a fire hazard.   

5 every-day items I can’t (or don’t want to) live without

 1) Sennheiser noise cancelling headphones – I don't go anywhere without them (work, coffee house, plane trips, visiting the family, etc).  If nothing else, wearing these headphones keeps the crazy people on the bus from talking to you – or at least you can’t hear them if they do.

2) The Loc8tor (electronic tracking system) - A nifty handheld device (the size of a credit card) I can use to find my keys, a wayward cat, or anything else with a "loc8tor" RFD tag attached to it. 


3) Downy wrinkle releaser – It certainly doesn’t substitute for an iron, but at least you don't look like you're wearing the same clothes you slept in the night before -- even if that may be the case J.

4) Individual lens wipes packets – Anyone who wears glasses knows the mini attitudinal “pick-me-up” that comes from ripping off your frames (often after staring at a computer screen for a few frustrating hours) and cleaning your lenses.        
 

5) watchseries.eu - Amazing inventory of current and vintage TV shows.  I already pay for cable and would be happy to use the networks' own websites with commercials. However the tv stations' online systems have TONS of bugs. THUS, I use my own standard of ethics -- only watching show I could watch on my own cable system, no movies, no shows from pay stations. etc.  Watchseries.eu is an amazingly stable system and should be a model for the networks!!   Love it!

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